I would have given this rose a negative except the blooms are so incredibly beautiful. Your site, as well as every other, proclaims this...Read More rose to be resistant to all the evils that plague roses----especially in northwestern Washington state's moist air: mainly black spot. It was covered with black spot one month into the planting. This year the new growth was lush and gorgeous and already stems and leaves are dying from the spot. Even so, new growth persistently keeps coming----before succumbing. What a disappointment!! I find the scent wonderful, though not as strong as some. It gets mostly sun until later afternoon and plenty of air circulation; certainly better than a run-of -the-mill rose I grabbed off a sad looking display at our grocery store. That one blooms constantly with NO spots! None of the natural products work----time to haul out the chemical warfare.
I bought a Pearly Gates rose before it had even a single leaf this spring. It grew into a nice mounded form and then started to form buds...Read More by the dozens. The rose bud is a beautiful peachy pink hybrid tea form that opens to a deeper peach center. The rose was blooming in the second week of June and the flowers are long lasting. The bush is in full bloom a month later. At this time I do not know if it will continue to bloom through the season. This is just about the most perfectly beautiful and prolific rose I have ever grown. It is also disease free so far. My only regret is that it has no fragrance. The locals in the Fraser Valley, B.C. area say it is winter hardy.
I bought this locally at an end of season sale in 2006, and planted it next to the house against a south facing wall. Last year it came ...Read Moreback strong and bloomed prolifically. I mulched it around the base, but left the canes on their trellis over the winter. I had very little die-back, lots of new growth this spring and now it is getting numerous flower buds. It is well protected against the south wall, but still I think it is hardier than advertised. (I was in zone 4b until a couple years ago, when we were reclassified as 5a.)
I would have given this rose a negative except the blooms are so incredibly beautiful. Your site, as well as every other, proclaims this...Read More
I bought a Pearly Gates rose before it had even a single leaf this spring. It grew into a nice mounded form and then started to form buds...Read More
I bought this locally at an end of season sale in 2006, and planted it next to the house against a south facing wall. Last year it came ...Read More
This rose has lovely blooms, but it dies down to the ground in zone 5 without winter protection.